Light twin captain reports engine failure shortly after takeoff. Noticing high fuel flow to the engi...

Narrative:

Taxi out and performed normal engine run up. Pre-takeoff checks were all good. Cleared for takeoff and on climb out the right engine surged then lost power. I performed the boxed memory items and noticed the right engine fuel flow almost at 295 pph; I turned off the right aux fuel pump realizing that it had malfunctioned and switched into high flooding the engine with fuel. After switching the pump off; the right engine regained power. I then called the tower and requested to return to the field; explaining that the right engine had failed; but I was able to restore power. I entered the left downwind and landed normally and taxied to the gate.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Light twin Captain reports engine failure shortly after takeoff. Noticing high fuel flow to the engine; the aux fuel pump is turned off and the engine regains power. Flight returns to departure airport.

Narrative: Taxi out and performed normal engine run up. Pre-takeoff checks were all good. Cleared for takeoff and on climb out the right engine surged then lost power. I performed the boxed memory items and noticed the right engine fuel flow almost at 295 PPH; I turned off the right aux fuel pump realizing that it had malfunctioned and switched into high flooding the engine with fuel. After switching the pump off; the right engine regained power. I then called the Tower and requested to return to the field; explaining that the right engine had failed; but I was able to restore power. I entered the left downwind and landed normally and taxied to the gate.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1074464
Time
Date	201303
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cessna 402/402C/B379 Businessliner/Utiliner
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Climb
Component
Aircraft Component	Reciprocating Engine Assembly
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Light twin captain reports engine failure shortly after takeoff. Noticing high fuel flow to the engine; the aux fuel pump is turned off and the engine regains power. Flight returns to departure airport.